set on fire
verb1
To cause to begin to burn.
- I don't want to set the world on fire / I just want to start a flame in your heart1941 [1938], Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, “I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire” (0:05 from the start), performed by The Ink Spots, Decca:
2
Figuratively To arouse passionate feelings in.
- You set my heart on fire.
- Derived terms
- set one's hair on fire, set the Thames on fire, set the world on fire